Back face of a shirt

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to a shirt with a front cover face and a rear cover face which are sewn together in the region of the shoulders and along the torso by seams, wherein a shirt collar and two sleeves are sewn on between the front cover face and the rear cover face, and the front cover face has at least one textile piece of a woven material which, despite the use of only a few patterns, is adaptable to the clothing sizes of different wearers and/or can be worn by different wearers. This is achieved by the fact that the rear cover face is formed from an elastic knit in a shoulder/arm portion between the shirt collar and at least one quarter of the height of a sleeve cutout of the sleeve.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention describes a shirt having a front cover face and a rear cover face which are sewn together in the region of the shoulders and along the torso by seams, wherein a shirt collar and two sleeves are sewn on between the front cover face and the rear cover face, and wherein the front cover face has at least one textile piece of a woven material. The present invention also describes the use of a one-piece knit portion in the form of a seamless knit, as part of the rear cover face of a shirt.

PRIOR ART

Shirts comprise a plurality of individual textile parts, such as a collar, a front face or front cover face, a back face or rear cover face, and two sleeves. Cuffs may be disposed on the sleeves, and one or more pockets may be disposed on the front face. Such shirts are worn with suits and are usually made to measure or are available in a variety of different sizes. Also known as business shirts, these well-known shirts are sewn from woven surfaces, resulting in the familiar shirt shape. The textile surfaces used are usually not flexible, since the fabrics on which they are based are not considered elastic. Often, the cut in the area of the torso, i.e. the front face and the back face, is problematic. Even if the collar size of the shirt is correct for a majority of wearers, the necessary cut of the front and back faces differs greatly, as the torso of different shirt wearers is significantly different, especially in the transverse plane of the body. Previously, the patterns of the front and back faces had to be of different sizes for constant sleeve lengths in order to result in fitted shirts.

Presentation of the Invention

The above-described disadvantages known from the prior art are to be eliminated by the shirt presented herein.

The object of the invention is to create a shirt in the form of a business shirt, which is worn with a suit and tie, including special types of shirt, tailcoat shirt and tuxedo shirt, in such a way that the shirt fits as many clothing sizes as possible, requiring only a few patterns of different sizes for a front face and a back face. Accordingly, the production of such shirts can be significantly simplified, and the distribution becomes less complicated, since fewer shirt sizes have to be made available, but nevertheless each user can find a suitable shirt.

This object is achieved by a shirt having the features set out in claim 1.

Variations of feature combinations or minor adjustments of the shirt or the back face further increase the wearing comfort of these shirts by providing a climatizing effect; they are described in detail below and have been introduced into the dependent claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The subject matter of the invention is described in detail below in connection with the accompanying drawings. Necessary features, details and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description, wherein a preferred embodiment of the invention and several additional or optional features are mentioned in detail.

FIG. 1a shows a perspective view of the front of a men's outerwear shirt, while

FIG. 1b shows a perspective view of the back of the men's outerwear shirt according to FIG. 1 a.

DESCRIPTION

Exemplarily described herein is a shirt 1 exemplified by a men's outerwear shirt 1 for business use, the shirt having a front cover face I and a rear cover face II which are connected in a guided manner along a shoulder seam 12 and a side seam 13 along the torso.

All cover faces I, II are typically made of woven fabrics of different known materials and sewn together. The shirt 1 here has a connecting placket 14, whereby the shirt 1 can be closed, the placket being in particular in the form of a button placket 14 on the front cover face I or the rear cover face II. A shirt collar 15 forms an opening in different configurations and is sewn to the cover faces I, II. The cover faces I, II each have an inner face 10 directly facing the skin of a wearer when worn, and an outer face 11. Sleeves 16 are attached to the cover faces I, II by means of sleeve seams 160, and additional cuffs 17 are disposed on the sleeves 16.

The shoulder area, which in this case comprises the shoulder seam 12, extends from the shirt collar 15 to the sleeve 16 or the sleeve seam 160. The shoulder seam 12 connects the front and rear cover faces I, II. When the shirt 1 is put on, the shoulder area extends from the neck of the wearer along part of the trapezius muscle to the shoulder muscle or shoulder joint. Below the shirt collar 15, downwardly, toward the buttocks of the later wearer, a knit portion 2 extends as part of the rear cover face II. The knit portion 2 extends from below the shirt collar 15, spanning the shoulder region between neck and shoulder joint of a wearer, and lies on top on the wearer's skin, as is shown in FIG. 1b . The knit portion 2 is in the form of a knit, which, as opposed to a woven material, is elastic.

The knit portion 2 extending between the shirt collar 15 and the sleeves 16 is attached by sewing. It is possible to use the existing seams, i.e. shoulder seam 12, side seam 13, sleeve seam 160, as well as a seam to the shirt collar 15.

The knit portion 2 extends as part of the rear cover face II preferably in a shoulder/sleeve section, between shirt collar 15 and at the level of the sewn-on sleeves up to the seams and is formed by an elastic knit. The height of the knit portion 2 is at least ¼ the height H of the sleeve cutout of the sleeve 16, in FIG. 1b , the height of the knit portion 2 is approximately half the height of the sleeve cutout. The height H of the sleeve cutout is the maximum distance between the farthest points of the sleeve cutout.

In order to avoid skin irritation and optimally achieve the desired effect, the knit portion 2 is designed as a seamless knit of at least one knitting yarn. Particularly preferably, a ribbed structure may be designed from a base textile 21, dark-shaded in FIG. 1b , having textile ribs 20 projecting therefrom. The textile ribs 20 may be disposed on the inside of the knit portion 2, thus facing the wearer's skin, or may be disposed in the opposite direction. The textile ribs 20 are formed by a suitable knitting method, with the projecting ends of the textile ribs 20 visibly spaced from the base textile 21. The knit types and knit patterns for creating a knit portion 2 with a ribbed structure comprising a base textile 21 and a plurality of textile ribs 20 are known to a person skilled in the art.

Such a knit, known as a “seamless” knit, having a ribbed structure and said plurality of textile ribs 20, has a high stretchablity in a direction of extension of at least 10% to 40%, depending on the knit pattern. In particular, the stretchablity may even be selected between 50% and about 100%. Accordingly, what is being referred to is an elastic knit having a stretchablity in at least one direction of 10% or more. The elastic knit is designed to be at least single-layered. An increased wearing comfort is achieved by virtue of the knit portion 2, and the shirt 1 can at least partially conform to the body contours of the shirt's wearer.

The knit portion 2 is stretchable to a defined extent. The knit portion 2 can fit snugly to the skin due to the stretchablity and the integration into the rear cover face II. The knit portion 2 is preferably attached, in particular sewn, to the shirt collar 15 or a collar seam, as well as to the sleeve 16, to the sleeve seam 160. However, the knit portion 2 may also form the entire surface of the rear cover face II.

The knit portion 2 is knitted in one or more layers, and preferably comprises a knitting yarn of different synthetic fibers and/or natural fibers. The knit portion 2 may also replace the entire rear cover face II, resulting in a knitted rear cover face II.

In order to further increase the wearing comfort, the knit portion 2 designed as an elastic knit as described above may additionally have a knit climatizing region which is knitted in parallel to the spine of the wearer when worn. This climatizing region of the knit portion 2 running centrally along the knit portion 2 is not shown in FIG. 1b , although it does not run across the entire width of the knit portion 2 between the opposite sleeves 16, but rather overlaps the extent of the wearer's spine by up to ten centimeters. The knit pattern in the climatizing region differs from the knit pattern of the rest of the knit portion 2, not only by color or yarn. The knit pattern is selected to have a climatizing effect, i.e. improved ventilation and/or improved moisture wicking or improved thermal insulation in the area of the spine of a wearer when worn. Preferably, the knit pattern of the climatizing region is coarser, i.e. has larger empty spaces between the knitted stitches, than the knit pattern of the rest of the knit portion. These larger spaces allow moisture and/or air to be wicked away more easily. However, it is also possible to provide a tighter knit pattern in the climatizing region, by which moisture is better hound and wicked away from the body. These climatizing properties of the climatizing region are achieved due to the knit pattern differing from. the knit portion 2, while the same yarn can be used. The climatizing region is in any case spaced from the sleeve seams 160 and extends away from the shirt collar 15 along the knit portion 2 approximately parallel to the spine. While the knit portion 2 may have a rather smooth knitted mesh pattern and still be sufficiently elastic, the climatizing region has a knit pattern which is different from this, The climatizing region may thus he further away from the skin surface of the wearer than the rest of the knit portion 2, in order to achieve the climatizing effect.

List of Reference Numerals

-   1 shirt -   I front cover face -   II rear cover face     -   10 inner face of the cover faces     -   11 outer face of the cover faces     -   12 shoulder seam     -   13 side seam     -   14 connecting placket/button placket     -   15 shirt collar     -   16 sleeve         -   160 sleeve seam     -   17 cuff -   2 knit portion -   20 textile ribs -   21 base textile 

1. A shirt with a front cover face and a rear cover face which are sewn together in the region of the shoulders and along the torso by seams, wherein a shirt collar and two sleeves are sewn on between the front cover face and the rear cover face and the front cover face has at least one textile piece made of a woven material, wherein the rear cover face is formed from an elastic knit in a shoulder/arm portion between the shirt collar and at least one quarter of the height of a sleeve cutout of the sleeve, the elastic knit forming a knit portion.
 2. The shirt of claim 1, wherein the height of the knit portion is half the height of the sleeve cutout of the sleeve or greater.
 3. The shirt of claim 1, wherein the knit portion is selected by choosing the knit pattern and/or the material of the knitting yarn, such that the knit portion is designed to be stretchable between 10% up to 40% in at least one direction.
 4. The shirt claim 3, wherein the knit portion is designed as a seamless knit of at least one knitting yarn.
 5. The shirt claim 3, wherein the knit portion has a ribbed structure made of a base textile with textile ribs projecting therefrom, and wherein a knit climatizing region having a different knit pattern from that of the knit portion is knitted into the knit portion in parallel to the spine of a wearer of the shirt.
 6. The shirt of claim 5, wherein the textile ribs are disposed on the inside of the knit portion, projecting towards the skin of the subsequent wearer.
 7. The shirt of claim 5, wherein the textile ribs of the knit portion, extend between the sleeve cutouts of the sleeves and are interrupted by a knit climatizing region which extends through the knit portion perpendicularly to the knit pattern of the knit portion.
 8. The shirt of claim 3, wherein the knit portion is sewn at the shirt collar or a collar seam and at the sleeves and has a knit climatizing region running through the knit portion perpendicular to the knit pattern of the knit portion, having a knit pattern different from the rest of the knit portion.
 9. The shirt of claim 1, wherein the knit portion forms the entire rear cover face.
 10. The use A method of using a one-piece knit portion in the form of a seamless knit, at least as part of the rear cover face of a shirt in the form of a business shirt which is worn with a suit and tie, wherein the knit portion, by means of a selected knit pattern, and the material of the knitting yarn are selected such that the knit portion is designed to be stretchable by more than 10%, and the knit portion is formed in the rear cover face at least in a shoulder/arm portion, between the shirt collar and at least one quarter of the height of a sleeve cutout of the sleeve.
 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the height of the knit portion corresponds to the entire rear cover face, and a knit climatizing region having a different knit pattern from that of the knit portion is knitted into the knit portion in parallel to the spine of a wearer of the shirt when worn. 